Virtual Tour
ARCHER2, the UK’s National Supercomputing Service, stands as a world-class advanced computing resource for UK researchers. Powered by the HPE Cray EX supercomputing system, ARCHER2 boasts an estimated peak performance of 28 Pflop/s. With 5,848 nodes, each housing dual AMD EPYCTM 7742 64-core processors clocked...
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Sensational Switches
Download our Sensational Switches leaflet to learn more about switches, transistors, logic, sensors and more, and you can even try building your own circuits to try things out.
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Deep Dive
Download our Deep Dive leaflet to find out about the parts that make up a Supercomputer, and why Supercomputers are super!
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Postcards
We have created a collection of Postcards highlighting ARCHER2 research - all downloadable as PDF
Visit the Postcard Gallery
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Paper plane
You can make our ARCHER2 paper plane. Print off the template sheet, double sided. Then follow the folding instructions, folding along the numbered lines in order. Now you can launch your plane on a test flight: hopefully it will glide gracefully across the room, but...
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Word Searches
Challenge yourself
to one of our wordsearches
Circle
Clover
Diamond
Heart
Smile
Star
Triangle
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Media Gallery
We have created a gallery of images and videos, many from the ARCHER2 Image and video competitions.
Each gallery piece includes a brief description of the work behind it.
Visit the gallery
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Wee Archie
ARCHER2 is made of 23 cabinets containing 5,848 nodes. It requires specialist staff and facilities to run, plus a massive power supply - it’s not possible to transport parts of it to science festivals and other events! For that reason, we have created Wee Archie...
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Resources
This is a comprehensive list of our resources for your own activities. Further details and explanations can be found in the “What is a supercomputer?”, “Why are supercomputers important?” and “How do you use supercomputers?” sections. Archie2 plane flyer : print the flyer double-sided, with...
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Parallel Sorting game
The parallel sorting game is a simple, group activity to show why parallel computers are needed. It’s very hands-on and does not require a computer or other technology to play. Players complete a sorting task in groups of various sizes, and see how the number...
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